Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Shopping our Stash #104 - No Designer Papers?

So, this week at Shopping our Stash we want you to create a card without using any patterned paper. None. Nada. Zero. Zilch.

"Patterned paper" includes pre-printed patterned papers, digi patterned papers, book pages, music sheets ... pretty much anything you can slap on a card. We would like you to examine your stash and use other stuff for your card backgrounds and elements. Some ideas are: stamp your own pattern, use an embossing folder, score a pattern, die-cut a pattern, use an inky technique ... you get the idea, right? You could also leave it plain! Just make sure to tell us what you did.

My first card was very plain, and I realized that it would be more of a challenge for me to create my own background - so I went back to the drawing board, and I really like what happened!

I don't seem to play around with stamps like this much - layering & lining up are like, hard, dude. I love how this turned out, and I'm glad I gave myself a push!

The butterfly's body is really simple to do - pierce a line of holes where you want the beads to go, and sew through the paper every 2 beads or so. I leave the tail ends on the 'right' side of the paper & then trim them down for antennae afterwards.

dude! lining up and layering ARE hard!!! heck, i find it hard to just stamp (on white??!?!?!) and not leave big smudgey bits everywhere! so BOTH of these gorgeous cards are a triumph on many levels!! ♥♥♥

About Me

I am a stay-at-home mom to two great boys, both with autism. I'm sure that will come up often! I also design handmade cards & can be found at Sackville, NB's Farmers Market every Saturday morning, held at the Bridge Street Cafe.
(8 Bridge Street, near Main)